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Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Mineral Sciences

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Penn State, University of Freiburg to deepen ties at Virtual Materials Day

Penn State GIS Day virtual event to take place Nov. 12

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Volcano watching, wearable health monitoring research earn best poster awards

Aliquippa

Penn State alumna reflects on how geography influences her filmmaking

Michael Mann

Michael Mann selected to give Stephen Schneider Lecture at AGU

Penn State alumna Melissa Hockstad

Penn State alumna Melissa Hockstad to present R.E. Tressler Lecture

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EESI EarthTalks: Lessons from decade of mentoring underrepresented groups

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Virtual EarthTalks seminars to discuss diversity in environmental sciences

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Eight Penn State faculty teams awarded seed grants for AI research

Scientists collected rock samples from Kilbourne Hole volcanic crater in New Mexico

Glimpse deep into Earth's crust finds heat source that may stabilize continents

Dust and algae darken the Greenland ice sheet

Ocean color satellites reveal glacier algae, insights for climate models

2020 ICDS Faculty Fellows

Penn State announces 2020 Faculty Fellows

Earth from space

To boldly go: Penn State launches planetary science consortium

science communication and climate change panel

Science communication panel to discuss climate change

Mauna Loa

Deep learning artificial intelligence keeps an eye on volcano movements

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